Bug 2521453 (CVE-2026-74707) - CVE-2026-74707 kernel: xsk: validate metadata when processing requests
Summary: CVE-2026-74707 kernel: xsk: validate metadata when processing requests
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74707
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-22 15:46 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-24 17:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-22 15:46:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xsk: validate metadata when processing requests

The zero-copy path validates TX metadata while obtaining the descriptor
context, then reads it again later when preparing the hardware request.
User space can change the metadata between those operations and bypass the
original validation.

Validate the metadata in xsk_tx_metadata_request() and use the resulting
flags snapshot for every feature check. Read request fields once so all
zero-copy drivers process only values observed after successful
validation.


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